The Franklin Museum Network

The Displays

This pop-up display deals with the mysteries surrounding the Franklin Expedition and sheds light on the historical context of science and exploration in the 19th century. The display focuses on Inuit traditional knowledge, the reasons behind the fatal expedition and the clues collected during the initial research efforts. It allows you to create links with contemporary research in the Arctic and the methodology and progress of ongoing scientific work in the Canadian North.

As a result of the portable structure of the displays, participating museums will be able to share it with their communities.

The Franklin Exploration will be on display over a period of three years and will be updated based on the discoveries of Parks Canada and its partners.

The pop-up display and programming of the Franklin Museum Network are the product of a partnership between Parks Canada and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). The W. Garfield Weston Foundation is the lead exhibit patron. Arctic Research Foundation, Isles Foundation Incorporated, Andrew and Valerie Pringle and The WB Family Foundation are also patrons.

For more information on the Franklin Museum Network see the ROM website and press release (also available in Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun).